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The political economy of agricultural protection: Sweden 1887

Lehmann, Sibylle and Volckart, Oliver (2011) The political economy of agricultural protection: Sweden 1887. European Review of Economic History, 15 (1). pp. 29-59. ISSN 1474-0044

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Identification Number: 10.1017/S1361491610000213

Abstract

We analyse the Swedish general elections that took place in spring and autumn 1887. Our aim is to discover which groups of voters supported free trade and which protectionism. We find that while capital owners and wage earners consistently favoured free trade, in the spring election only the largest farmers supported protectionism. By autumn, political preferences among smallholders and middling farmers had shifted in favour of protectionism too. As these groups were not specialised in the production of import-competing goods, we assume that the political landslide in the autumn elections can be attributed to a loss of trust in the government.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information: © 2010 European Historical Economics Society
Divisions: Economic History
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
JEL classification: N - Economic History > N5 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries > N53 - Europe: Pre-1913
Date Deposited: 11 Feb 2011 09:44
Last Modified: 14 Mar 2024 18:09
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/32475

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